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Archive - 06 Oct 2003

AMD turns big guns on 64-bit demo

News The chipmaker is keen to demonstrate that there is more to its Athlon 64 than currently meets the eye

Telcos bring broadband to Scottish isles

News BT and Thus have joined forces to make high-speed Internet a reality on three Scottish islands

Legacy systems still critical to UK businesses

News Systems that are up to 20 years old still form the backbone of many UK companies, according to a survey

MPs demand spam protection for businesses

News The UK government has been warned that firms may 'rise up in anger' unless they are given protection from unsolicited junk mail

Palm Tungsten E

Review With a high-resolution colour screen, a sleek design, an expansion card slot, and a £149 (inc. VAT) price tag, the Tungsten E will hit the handheld sweet spot for many mobile professionals and...

PeopleSoft lifts estimates again

News The enterprise-software firm says results for its third quarter will surpass expectations, as customers shed fears of an Oracle takeover

Motorola sets chip unit adrift

News Motorola will create a separate company out of its Semiconductor Products Sector, which creates chips like the PowerPC

Hype cannot hide reality

News The public is unlikely to be convinced by the cobbled-together convergence that is Microsoft's Media Center

IT spending: What the analysts think

Analysis What are the experts saying about the prospects for spending on IT? We bring together the thoughts of some of the leading industry observers

High-tech firms gingerly approach IPOs

News Two business software companies are mulling initial public offerings next year, as confidence in the market grows

Mobile revenues to top fixed lines

News The size of the wireless industry in Europe is approaching that of the entire traditional telephone business, with data playing an increasing role

Mainframes: Still going strong after all these years

Special Report Despite numerous predictions to the contrary over the past 10 years, mainframes are still a going concern. In fact, changes such as the Internet, e-business and Linux, which were meant to render...

Blade servers: A thin proposition?

Special Report After a faltering start, blade servers are beginning to be taken seriously by companies looking to upgrade and rationalise their server infrastructure, but there are still problems to overcome

VeriSign relents on browser 'hijack'

News The administrator of the .com and .net domains will no longer redirect searches for nonexistent domain names to its Web site, after a letter from Icann

Apple posts new OS X upgrade

News Apple has updated its latest version of OS X, after an earlier upgrade caused problems for some systems connecting to Ethernet networks

Community broadband effort chalks up a win

News A local campaigner who wouldn't give up has succeeded in making broadband available in his area

Handset juggles mobile and VoIP calls

News Mitel Networks is working on a phone console that will allow cellphones to pick up VoIP calls while inside a building but operate on cellular networks when on the move

HP lures Sun customers with gifts

News Free servers and equipment are on offer from Hewlett-Packard to firms using Sun's Solaris if they agree to switch to Linux-based HP systems

Government seeks new IT spending supremo

News Peter Gershon is set to leave his government post next year, and the hunt is already on for a successor

Microsoft seeks spots in 'cool' TV shows

News Microsoft is trying to shed its geeky image by placing its products on trendy TV programmes like "24" and "The Wire"

Britons seek help for text addiction

News Fifty-five Britons, mostly aged under 16, are receiving treatment for text-message addiction - and a doctor warns that the problem is set to grow

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